Week 3 vs. Redskins: Robinson got his Cowboys career off to a solid start, turning five Tony Romo targets into three catches for 49 yards. His key play -- a 25-yard catch-and-run midway through the final period -- set up the first of two 4th-quarter field goals by Dan Bailey, which gave the Cowboys a narrow 18-16 win.

Miles Austin missed six games last season with hamstring injuries and Dez Bryant didn’t have a breakthrough season in his first year to start. Still, the Cowboys feel good about their wide receiver corps.

How the Cowboys feel about the group heading into training camp, however, will largely depend on whether they were able to re-sign Laurent Robinson.

Robinson emerged as the Cowboys’ third receiver last season and provided quarterback Tony Romo with a reliable target in the red zone. Robinson led the Cowboys with 11 touchdown catches and finished with 54 receptions for 858 yards.

He’s now an unrestricted free agent. Robinson played last season under a “minimum salary benefit” contract in which he was paid $685,000 but counted about $220,000 less against the salary cap.

What’s for sure when free agency begins March 13 is that Robinson won’t come nearly that cheap after his breakout 2011 season.

The good news is that Robinson has already spoken publicly about his desire to re-sign with the Cowboys, and owner Jerry Jones and coach Jason Garrett have said they want to re-sign him.

Jones said in late February that if Robinson gets away from the Cowboys in free agency, Andre Holmes could be a viable candidate to replace him. The Cowboys are high on the 6-5, 210-pound Holmes, but he’s never played in an NFL regular-season game.

Bottom line: The Cowboys must decide what they’re willing to spend on a third wide receiver when this position isn’t a priority in free agency.

That said, the Cowboys want Robinson back, and Jones usually gets his man. The Cowboys don’t plan to tender an offer to restricted free agent Kevin Ogletree, who began the season as the team’s third receiver but never established himself.

Notable: If Robinson doesn’t return and Holmes doesn’t pan out, the Cowboys could turn to Raymond Radway. Club officials like what they saw from Radway during last year’s training camp.

Radway, the undrafted free agent from Abilene Christian and McKinney North, put himself in position to make the team’s final 53-man roster but broke his left leg with three seconds left in the Cowboys’ final preseason game. Robinson spent last season on injured reserve, but he’s expected to be full-go this off-season.

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